David Morrell’s coach, Ronnie Shields, predicts a knockout win towards the favourite, David Benavidez, this Saturday, February 1st, dwell on Amazon Prime PPV.
Morrell’s Uncooked Energy
Shields doesn’t know which spherical Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) will KO Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), however he feels it should occur as a result of his energy will probably be an excessive amount of for him. Benavidez has related concepts, considering he’ll harm Morrell and rating a knockout.
Morrell has all the time achieved effectively towards fighters who got here to him seeking to alternate, and Benavidez is tailored for his type.
“I used to be calm, however I did get slightly bit fearful in regards to the alternate between Benavidez and Decubas Sr. It wasn’t about Benavidez. It was extra about Decubas Sr. I needed to ensure he was okay,” mentioned David Morrell to Struggle Hub TV, discussing the alternate between David Benavidez and his supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr., throughout Thursday’s last press convention.
“I don’t care if it’s by resolution or knockout. What I care is I’m going to win, and I’m going to be the one popping out on high.”
“He has to do each. You possibly can’t battle Benavidez a technique. You bought to battle him at his personal recreation, too,” mentioned Morrell’s coach, Ronnie Shields to Sean Zittel about Morrell needing to battle going backwards and coming ahead towards Benavidez.
Morrell may have no selection however to brawl and field Benavidez if he needs to win or survive 12 rounds with out getting knocked out. Benavidez is a strain fighter. That’s in his DNA, and he gained’t let up even for a second in that battle. We noticed that in his final battle towards the larger, stronger Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth final 12 months.
Benavidez continuously pressured the extra highly effective former WBC gentle heavyweight champion Gvozdyk and made him transfer to maintain from getting stopped. Gvozdyk lacked the fuel tank, youth, or willingness to face his floor or assault commonly, which allowed Benavidez to win nearly each spherical uncontested.
“Simply because he [Morrell] has 11 fights doesn’t imply you don’t have the expertise of doing it,” mentioned Shields when requested what occurs if Benavidez needs to pull Morrell into deep waters within the later rounds. “For this reason we now have the fitness center. For this reason we prepare each single day for this factor.”
Morrell has the expertise within the amateurs, however he hasn’t fought anybody within the professionals like Benavidez, and can put him beneath the gun for twelve grueling rounds. A method of coping with Benavidez’s strain is to go for a knockout early as a result of he will probably be there to be hit.
Morrell has proven energy to knockout fighters who’ve by no means been stopped of their careers. Benavidez hasn’t fought anybody but with the sort of energy that Morrell has, and he would possibly fold as soon as he begins getting hit laborious on the pinnacle and physique.
Though he likes to name himself a “Monster,” he’s human, and his resume is skinny on gifted opposition. Morrell and his supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr., are proper that Benavidez has fought many older, smaller fighters with one foot out the door into retirement. His coach/dad, Jose Benavidez Sr., has protected him effectively all these years, matching him selectively to construct his 29-0 report.
They’d hoped to persuade Canelo Alvarez to battle them, however he wasn’t fooled. He noticed the pretend report and wasn’t fooled. It’s the identical bit that Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia did. Struggle fluff opposition, construct a plastic report, after which angle for a giant payday towards Canelo. It’s sneaky, nevertheless it works.
Morrell by KO, Says Shields
“He’s going to really feel the facility when he’s shut, and he’s going to really feel the facility when Morrell is at a distance. So, we really feel we now have the benefit each methods. I actually actually imagine Morrell goes to knock him out. I don’t know when, and I don’t care when. That’s simply my intestine feeling that we’re going to knock him out,” mentioned Shields.
Morrell can knock Benavidez out, however he’s going to wish to battle extra aggressively than he did in his final battle towards ‘Scorching Rod’ Radivoje Kalajdzic for him to do it. In that battle, Morrell didn’t strain sufficient and keep on high of Radivoje to get the knockout. He harm him a number of occasions however didn’t go after him.
